Belt-clasp



UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

GEORGE CHURCHILL, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BELT-CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,624, dated January 18, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CHURCHILL, of Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Clasps;

and I do hereby declare that the same is de-.

scribed and represented in the following specification and drawing; and to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same I will proceed to describe the construction and operation, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this improvement consists in making a belt clasp of two plates, one of which is provided with pins, which are designed to pass through the holes cut in the ends of the belt, in the ordinary way, for leaving and entering the holes, in the other plate corresponding to the pins, and thus compressing the ends of the belt firmly between the plates.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1, is a perspective view of this improvement. Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the same.

A is the upper plate.

A is the under plate.

B are the pins which pass through the holes in the ends of the belt, which are cut or punched in the ordinary way for lacing.

Said pins are made, or cast upon the lower plate A.

A is the upper plate having holes C, corresponding to the pins B.

E are nuts on the lower plate.

F are screws for holding the plates together.

or employment of pins, secured in one plate,

passing through the holes made in the ends of belts in the ordinary way for lacing, and used as a substitute therefor, together with the plates, to keep the leather true and free from crimps, and also to prevent, or render it less liable to tear out.

I am aware that plates, with teeth, or ruck surfaces secured together with screws, have been used and found wholly inefficient. Such I do not claim. Neither do I claim the upper and lower plates secured by screws, as those are old and have been a great length of time, and also used in all kinds of business, to hold and true work. But

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is The combination of the plates A A, pins B, screws F as and for the purpose described.

GEORGE CHURCHILL.

Witnesses S. I. IVILDER, JEREMY W. BLIss. 

